5 Tips to prevent your estimates from becoming a burden

Have you ever been asked for a rough estimate, and then later regretted giving a “rough” estimate because the customer tried to hold you to it? A familiar story This week I spoke with an agile coaching colleague of mine, and he relayed a story that rang...

#AgileCville on 6/28: “Agile for Newbies”

What’s this agile stuff all about?  Come to the next AgileCville meeting and find out! Our next Agile Cville meeting will be on Tuesday June 28th, from 6-8pm at OpenSpace in Charlottesville.  Please note that the date has changed from our regular 3rd Tuesday due...

XP2011 slides on Range Estimation

Thanks to those attending my lightning talk today at XP2011 on range estimation! I’m enjoying Madrid Spain very much and the conference has been very good so far. Here are my slides from today’s talk in PDF and Powerpoint formats. In the coming weeks I...

Speaking at Verify/ATI conference on Agile Testing

On Wednesday September 28th, I’ll be speaking at the Verify/ATI Conference 2011 in Arlington Virginia at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. According to the recently published schedule at the VerifyATI website, I’m in the 2:15-3:15 time slot. I’ll be leading a...